tantôt . . . tantôt, now . . . now

Page 78. — i. de frapper, with laying.

2. coup d^état, “a sudden, décisive exercise of power, whereby the existing government is subverted without the concert of the people ; an unexpected measure of State more or less violent.” — Webster.

Page 79. — i. Macri, a port on the Southwest coast of Asia Minor.

Page 80. — I. Bataille de Canope. This is known in English history as “the Battle of Alexandria.” Canopus was a town of ancient Egypt, fifteen miles east of Alexandria. AU that remains is a heap of ruins.

Page 81. — I. on allait avoir, etc., besides the English they Would hâve (on their hands) ta deal with,